Phi Lambda Upsilon – The aims and purposes of Phi Lambda Upsilon are the promotion of high scholarship and original investigation in all branches of pure and applied chemistry. Phi Lambda Upsilon was founded as an honorary chemical society in March 1899, at the University of Illinois. This was the first honor society dedicated to a single scientific discipline. Over its more than 100 year history, Phi Lambda Upsilon has grown into an organization comprising seventy-three chapters and more than 60,000 members.
Photo from the 38th PLU National Congress August 20, 2022 in Chicago, IL.
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The 2026 National Fresenius Award recipient is Professor Austin Evans of the University of Florida. Research in the Evans lab focuses on creating new types of defined macromolecular structures by combining synthetic organic chemistry, supramolecular interactions, and advanced processing methods. Through this approach, the Evans lab controls nano- to microscale polymer structure simultaneously. They invent technologies that leverage this higher-order polymer structure to address critical global challenges in energy, environmental, and electronic applications. More information about this year’s ACS National Award winners can be found at C&EN.
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The 2025 National Fresenius Award recipient is Professor Maxx Arguilla of the University of California, Irvine. Research in the Arguilla lab focuses on understanding the chemistry and physics of solids in the bulk, at the nanoscale, and down to the atomic level. They seek to leverage chemical and molecular control over atomic-level and nanoscale morphological dimensionalities in realizing confined electronic, optical, and quantum properties. They harness these nascent and emergent properties to enable next-generation optoelectronics, quantum devices, sensors, and energy conversion platforms. https://www.maxx-lab.com/Prof. Arguilla will be honored at the awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in conjunction with ACS Spring 2026 in Atlanta. For more information, visit the ACS website and see the announcement in C&EN.
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The 2024 National Fresenius Award recipient is Professor Jeffrey Dick, the Richard B. Wetherill Associate Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University. Research in the Dick seeks to understand how chemistry changes under confinement and how nature takes advantage of this difference for the genesis and propagation of life by developing new measurement tools and instrumentation. Their team develops new instrumentation to make these measurements, with a particular emphasis on electrochemistry, which offers unmatched spatiotemporal resolution. https://www.nanoelectrochemistry.com/Prof. Dick will be honored at the awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in conjunction with the ACS Spring 2025 meeting in San Diego. For more information, visit the ACS website and see the announcement in C&EN.
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